This aerial photo shows workers pumping rainwater from a flooded road in Weihui, Henan province, on July 29, 2021. - XINHUA
BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): China will step up efforts to issue weather warnings and ensure better coordination and implementation of emergency responses as it braces for more extreme weather in August, a flood control chief said on Wednesday (July 28).
July and August are the traditional flooding season in China. Since this year s flood started, average precipitation nationwide has been 31.48 centimeters, a drop of 1.1 per cent year-on-year.
However, some areas have been hit by torrential rains over a very short period of time. Thirty-three weather stations have logged record daily rainfall and flood control facilities in many places have not handled the pressure well, Zhou Xuewen, secretary-general of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and vice-minister of emergency management, said at a news conference held by the State Council Informat
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